%% Image removed per Image Pickin' thread: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1463952124022575800%% Please start a new thread if you'd like to suggest a new image.%%* Some of the generals in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Zero Hour'' show off their specialization.** Gen. Granger buzzes your base with fleets of aircraft.** Gen. Alexander and General Townes both start off by drawing an actual line in the sand with a particle cannon.** Gen. Tao destroys one mechanized unit with a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill nuclear missile]].** Gen. Kassad starts off by suddenly attacking an outpost from nowhere.* '''[[BringIt "COME ON!!!"]]''' Asura stopping a country sized finger with his fists and punching it back in the first trailers of ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''.* One simple intro establishes ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' as Sega's MascotWithAttitude. In the original ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, a black screen fades into the game's logo, and Sonic pops into the logo and does his signature [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger finger wag]] at you.** The ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' adaptation has this in the second story. He pops up a few pages in, with a pair of black CoolShades, and saves a guy. His entire look seems to set him off as being a "snobby 90s cool guy".** Knuckles makes his entry in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' by knocking Sonic out of his super form, taking all of the Chaos Emeralds Sonic had, laughing at him, and running off.** Since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the first time we see Sonic is usually in a cutscene that wastes no time displaying Sonic's speed and/or acrobatics, and his carefree, adventure-seeking attitude.** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has two moments for Shadow the Hedgehog: first, in the Dark Story, when he proceeds to waste a military mech after being released from his prison; then again, in the Hero Story, when he encounters Sonic, evades him using [[VillainTeleportation Chaos Control]], and declaring himself the "UltimateLifeForm''.* ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'':** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' establishes John-117 as a badass by having him snark at Cortana while the ship is being boarded, he is being hunted, and they have just found an artificial ring world floating in space. Meanwhile, Johnson is established as a badass who will make you laugh by having him give what's known as the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Giant Hula-Hoop Speech]]. ** While Gravemind was already long established as a bad guy, he is defined as an ''asshole'' by having him gloat while betraying both the Arbiter and the Chief in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.** Arbiter Thel 'Vadam gets one in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. When we first see him, he's on trial for failing to protect Halo from destruction. First, we learn that he's a super-competent fighter (being a Zealot Fleetmaster (admiral) in a society where AsskickingEqualsAuthority and being a zealot alone means you've killed thousands). Second, we learn that he's also willing to ignore the HonorBeforeReason mentality of his species for the good of his forces and the galaxy at large by focusing on the [[TheVirus Flood]], possibly saving the galaxy but sacrificing the Halo. Then, when he is to be tortured for his failure, he makes good on his promise not to beg for the crowd's entertainment by not making a sound even as he's being electrocuted to the point of ''smoldering''. It takes a red-hot brand to the chest to get him to make a sound.** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', all of Noble Team gets one: *** Near the end of the first level, Noble gets ambushed by Zealot Elites with Energy Swords. Your character gets tackled by one (really emphasizing how big they are compared to you), avoids a stab to the stomach, and then punches the enemy in the jaw. Of course, it only serves to piss it off and you get saved by Carter, but it does demonstrate Noble Six's DefiantToTheEnd personality.*** Kat has a very [[CuriosityIsACrapshoot possessive attitude toward the data found on Laszlo Sorvad's body]], seizing it from Six immediately.*** [[GentleGiant Jorge]] takes his helmet off to make a civilian feel more secure and comfortable, which sets off Emile's moment where he shows [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass his contempt toward civilians]].*** Carter [[TheMenFirst defends Kat against Halsey]].** Halsey also gets her own moment in ''Reach'' by initially showing contempt to almost all of the Spartan-[=IIIs=] of Noble Team, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold while also showing a soft side toward Jorge, one of her Spartan-IIs]].* Your first meeting with [[TheMole Desther]] and [[WideEyedIdealist Fenthick]] in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' quickly and clearly sums up the two, with Desther snapping at you for your incompetence at showing up too late to save the creatures and Fenthick apologizing for Desther's behavior and making excuses.** Nathyrra's collected and somewhat amused attitude is cemented from her very first words of dialogue in Hordes of the Underdark.** The collection of fan-made modules isn't immune to this either. ''Tales of Arterra'' introduces [[HornyDevils Persey]] with a scene in a brothel that underlines her inability to think of herself as a person. [[PrincessClassic Evanine]] is introduced in a temple in the grips of a deep bout of depression that can only be broken by a gift of flowers and a silly remark, foreshadowing just how much of an effect kindness can have on her. [[BloodKnight Montador]] starts out being belligerent.*** ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' introduces Vico with a rape scene, typical of [[TokenEvilTeammate his character]], but gives him a PetTheDog moment right afterwards to show that he isn't that far gone. [[TheChick Anden]] is introduced when you break him out of a cell in the middle of a forest, establishing his role as the DamselInDistress. [[ThePollyanna Pia]] is introduced when she has to use the Princess as part of a test, then feels really bad about it afterwards. [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Gemli]] challenges you to a drinking contest.*** ''VideoGame/TheBastardOfKosigan'' actually subverts this with Alex, given her character role and her introduction scene you would expect her to be a DamselInDistress but she turns out to be [[spoiler:the MagnificentBastard in charge of the whole plot that has been mystifying the character since Cologne]].* Pictured above: ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'''s Travis Touchdown, after ramming his motorcycle through the gates of a rival assassin's mansion, flying through the air, and delivering a PrecisionFStrike as the two guards behind him fall to bloody pieces.* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' has many of these.** Neeshka is introduced snapping at a band of guards to display her temper.** [[BoisterousBruiser Khelgar]] is introduced getting himself into a fight just for fun. And dragging you along.** Elanee is introduced to the player character when she jumps into a fight despite orders to the contrary [[NeutralGood because it is the right thing to do]]. The first cutscenes she appears in show her [[StalkerWithACrush surreptitiously observing the player character]].** [[FieryRedhead Qara]] is introduced getting into an argument with a pair of apprentice wizards and (depending on your actions) maybe even starting a fight.** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Grobnar]] is introduced singing a rather silly song to a bush and then seizing on the slightest excuse to tell a long story about a [[NoodleImplements spring-mounted shield and a codpiece]].** In Mask of the Betrayer, Safiya has a rather tender scene as her EstablishingCharacterMoment, foreshadowing the person you find under her businesslike shell. Gann has a rather comic scene of banter and wordplay, playing up his connection to the spirit world.*** Kaelyn is introduced examining carvings in the temple of Myrkul, establishing her obsession with re-launching the Betrayer's Crusade.*** Okku is introduced sticking to his duty, regardless of the cost.* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' effectively displays the Mission-Zaalbar sibling-like dynamic when you first meet them in the bar on Taris.** [[DefrostingIceQueen Bastila]] breaks herself out of her cage before she can be rescued, makes a typically self-righteous boast about being a Jedi, and helps you take down a major mob boss. Then proceeds to berate you for being sloppy, leading to a rather childish argument as to who was doing the actual rescuing. [[spoiler: TheReveal makes this scene much more funny in hindsight.]]** [[BloodKnight Canderous]] is introduced intimidating a band of thugs.** A tip for you. One. Don't bother Calo Nord. Two. Or he will... Three. *POW**** Which can be subverted later in the game by the player. If you know where Calo will be standing, you can plant twenty of thirty mines right there, making him seem like such an idiot that his introduction is overhyped. Getting a piece of the roof falling on his head at the end of Taris didn't help either.** Carth talks you though a Sith-infested doomed ship, holds the last escape pod for you, drags your semi-conscious butt out of it, hides you, and nurses you back to health. [[ProperlyParanoid Paranoia]] aside, this is one seriously NiceGuy. ** Kreia in the second game appears to be dead, but then wakes up in the morgue, identifies your character as a former Jedi just by how you walk, and gives you snarky advice. Needless to say, she's like this the entire game. * In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', Gordon Freeman is shown to be a badass in the TUTORIAL by having him use the main gun and the 'nade launcher on a SMG or M16.** Although [[ActionGirl Alyx's]] introduction in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' also works; Freeman is blacked out, and all we hear are Combine soldiers dying and "HAH! No you ''don't''", and then we see her face: "[[DeadpanSnarker Doctor Freeman, I presume.]]"** [[BigFriendlyDog D0]][[RobotBuddy g]] gets two: one when he plays "fetch" with Gordon Freeman with the Gravity Gun. That basically pegs him as a lovable mecha, who loves people he deems his friends. For his second moment, it's shown how he reacts to people who ''aren't'' deemed as such: Combine APCs? Thrown into buildings like bricks. Dropships? D0g wrestles with them, and wins handily.*** In Episode 2 of Half-Life 2, D0g's intro is best summed up as [[CoolVsAwesome D0g vs. Strider]].** Some of the monsters (and the [[ArmiesAreEvil HECU]]) get one throughout ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' when you first meet them. For instance, the HECU grunt gunning down a scientist who comes running to him for aid, or the Gargantua effortlessly wiping out a squad of soldiers. * [[MeaningfulName Id]] of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' first appears destroying everything in sight in his giant [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority red]] robot, then gets the [[CoolShip Yggdrasil]] dropped on him while he's threatening [[TheLancer Bart]]. Bart and his crew on the ship breathe a sigh of relief, then [[OhCrap the ship's bulkheads start to buckle]] as Id lifts it up into the air with one hand.--> '''Id:''' That was pretty interesting. But dropping a warship on me is cheating... [[CatchAndReturn Take it back!]]* KOS-MOS of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' got herself an incredible entrance by blowing out an enormous metal door and kicking the asses of all the Gnosis that were previously making mincemeat of the people on the Woglinde. In other words, she was a DeusEstMachina.** Albedo gets his with the infamous ''Ma belle peche'' sequence. He had shown up a few times before, but it was this scene that firmly cemented him as a wild motherfucker.* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':** Most of the characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' get at least one moment early on which showcases their personality, but the blue ribbon almost certainly goes to Kefka, who's introduced as he slips a mind control device on Terra (''and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope somehow gets even worse from there.]]'')** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':*** Cloud's introduced doing a ridiculous sideways flip off the top of a train rather than just using the door, effortlessly killing two people with a [[{{BFS}} hilariously gigantic sword]], helicoptering the sword around his head with one hand, striking a pose, and then telling two perfectly friendly and likeable characters that he doesn't care about their names and as soon as he's finished this job he's out of here. The CrazyAwesome egotistical JerkassFacade has to be introduced clearly, since the rest of the game is all about proving he's not really like that.*** After a couple of {{Pre Meeting}}s, Aeris's formal introduction has her [[WhiteMagicianGirl looking after Cloud in a church where flowers are inexplicably growing, wearing pink and looking as White Magey as can be]]... [[GoodBadGirl and immediately cracking up when Cloud makes an unintentional implication that he's a prostitute]]. Strange men enter, coming after her for mysterious reasons, and she asks Cloud if he's willing to be her bodyguard and protect her... and in return, she'll go out with him. Then they're sitting in a playground Aeris used to go to when she was little, and Aeris tells Cloud about her first love... before escorting Cloud to the city's red light district, convincing him to dress as a woman, calling him 'cute', and getting him to seduce a fat pimp. You get the picture.*** Rufus Shinra's introduction when he arrives in a helicopter to find his father killed by Sephiroth. Aerith/Aeris says of him "I've heard that no one's ever seen him bleed or cry." His appointment speech, along with fighting SuperSoldier Cloud and surviving, and managing to escape by holding on to the helicopter with one hand while heavily wounded all perfectly establish him as the badass CorruptCorporateExecutive that he is.--->'''Rufus Shinra:''' ''That's right. I'll let you hear my new appointment speech...My old man tried to control the world with money. It seems to have been working. The population thought that Shinra would protect them. Work at Shinra, get your pay. If a terrorist attacks, the Shinra army will help you. It looks perfect on the outside. But, I do things differently. I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man. A little fear will control the minds of the common people. There's no reason to waste money on them.''*** The whole Nibelheim Incident flashback was one big coolness-establishing moment for Sephiroth. Everything in it... even the way Sephiroth always walked when others ran in cutscenes, even though the running was just a convenience to get movement from place to place over more quickly and we probably weren't expected to really think that most characters were in the habit of running around like hyperactive chipmunks all the time. The ''real'' establishing moment for Sephiroth cannot, however, be anything other than the fight with the dragon. At this point in the game, the first-time player might feel like a badass for doing over 100 damage with a single attack; then you get to this fight, wherein Sephiroth runs forward, swings his sword, and hits for ''over 3,000.'' After that when Cloud says, "Sephiroth's strength is unreal. He's far stronger in reality than any story you might have heard about him," you damn well know he's telling the truth.*** Zack in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' is introduced to the player by jumping out of a helicopter in mid-air, land perfectly fine on a train riding at high speed below and running along it, preparing to take down some baddies. When they shoot at him, he says "Well, hello to you, too!" and dodges all bullets, does an impossibly long jump and separates two traincars from each other by stabbing the connection with his sword. [[BigDamnHeroes He's the hero of the game, alright]].** All of the main characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' get introductory animations:*** Zell is seen shadowboxing and doing a backflip in the entry hall of Balamb Garden, establishing himself as an excessively energetic kind of guy.*** Selphie falls down a hill and does a cheerful "silly me" gesture, but her character is established before then when she [[CrashIntoHello collides with Squall]] while running late for class.*** Irvine is shown lying on his back, holding his hand up so steadily that a butterfly lands on it.*** Squall's initial appearance in the opening FMV illustrates that he's a {{Determinator}}, but it's his scene in the infirmary with Dr. Kadowaki and the walk to class with Quistis that really establish his personality. Likewise, Rinoa's appearance at the [=SeeD=] graduation ball when she succeeds not only in getting Squall to dance with her, but getting him to relax enough to dance ''well'', establishes ''her'' character.** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' brings out one for almost every single character introduced- hero or villain:*** [[TheHero Zidane]], having already proved himself a talented fighter, thief and actor, turns out to be something of a HandsomeLech when he's sent into Alexandria castle to abduct the princess- only to end up getting distracted by an attractive woman.*** [[ChildMage Vivi]], already introduced [[TheKlutz tripping over his own feet]] and staring in amazement at the sight of the airship flying overhead, spends the next few minutes [[TheWoobie getting knocked down, insulted, bullied and pickpocketed]]. For good measure, his ticket to the play turns out to be a fake. Then, just when it looks as though he's about to get arrested for tresspassing, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes fights back by launching a fireball from his hands!]]*** [[RebelliousPrincess Garnet]] mistakes Zidane and Blank for palace guards and makes an impressive escape from them on foot. And when she realizes that Zidane's actually there to kidnap her, she changes tune and ''formally requests to be abducted.''*** [[ButtMonkey Captain Steiner]] gets a whole segment of the game's earliest level to prove himself a laughingstock: not only is he constantly upstaged by Beatrix, forgotten by the Queen and saddled with the dumbest unit of soldiers in the entire Alexandrian military, but he's also a pompous twit with a habit of [[CharacterTic jumping up and down in impotent rage]]. But at the end of this segment, he sees Garnet being chased across the castle by Zidane; believing her to be under attack, he immediately grabs a rope and swings after them. True, he almost immediately crashes into a wall, [[TheDeterminator but there's no denying the man's dedication.]]*** [[GoldFishPoopGang "We are in trouble!" "Trouble we are in!"]]*** After her unassuming introduction at a bar with Zidane, [[LadyOfWar Freya Crescent]] is later seen [[RoofHopping wandering the rooftops]] of Lindblum, apparently lost in thought, musing on the war brewing and worrying about Sir Fratley.*** [[JokeCharacter Quina Quen]] trying to catch frogs and failing miserably- before joining Zidane out of a desire to see the world and sample its many foods.*** General Beatrix: if the ominous music and the BadassBoast don't make it clear [[OneManArmy who you're dealing with]], the HopelessBossFight ''will.''*** Having been introduced as an advisor to Queen Brahne, [[AgentPeacock Kuja]] proceeds to make as big a spectacle of himself as possible: overdramatically commenting on the [[WhenItRainsItPours weather]], providing details on the Burmecian retreat using some oddly cryptic word choices, bragging about the magical power he'll use to defeat the Cleyran defences, and referring to Brahne's black mage army as "his." Then, when Beatrix has kicked the asses of Zidane and co, Kuja stays behind to examine them... then without saying another word, he departs on the back of a silver dragon. [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]], melodramatic, weirdly-dressed... and the ''[[TheManBehindTheMan real]]'' [[TheManBehindTheMan power behind Brahne's invasion.]]*** Disc 2 manages to establish the character of an entire faction in one short scene: after almost an entire disc of battles with Queen Brahne's mass-produced black mages, the party bumps into another one of them in Conde Petie. Unlike the others, [[TokenHeroicOrc this one appears to be sentient]], and by all appearances, ''he's on a shopping trip''. And when he finally notices the party, he responds not by shouting "KILL!" and pelting them with magic, but by [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turning tail and running as fast as possible in the opposite direction]].*** At the beginning of the third disc, the battle of Alexandria and Kuja's attempted capture of the eidolon Alexander is interrupted by the arrival of a huge, futuristic airship. Within, a mysterious figure dressed in a [[EvilWearsBlack glistening black exoskeleton and cape]] surveys the scene below; he takes the time to muse in disappointment on Kuja's attempt at interfering with his plans, before casting a spell: minutes later, Alexander dies horribly and Alexandria palace vanishes in a colossal fireball, leaving Kuja upstaged, OutGambitted - and most notably of all, [[HorrifyingTheHorror horrified]] at the fact that ''' ''[[BiggerBad Garland]]'' ''' himself is now after him.** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'':*** Auron in is introduced in a way that officially sets up his "CoolOldGuy who knows a lot more about what's going than he tells people" credentials: He [[IHaveTheHighGround climbs up to a high place]] and seems to welcome Sin as it comes closer to Zanarkand without a word. He then walks calmly through the street as a wave of water approaches the city and begins to ''disintegrate it'', and when he shows up later to help fight off monsters, once again without losing the cool head, he's officially established as the resident DeadpanSnarker / {{Samurai}}. He has another one when he actually joins the party. He stares down a lizard the size of a horse and then proceeds to kill it in a single turn.*** Played with by Seymour in the same game--he invokes the trope deliberately by slaughtering attacking fiends in the most [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkilltastic]] way possible, intending to establish himself to the population of Spira as an incredibly powerful savior figure. However, the moment that establishes his ''real'' character for the player's convenience happens a little bit later, in just six words: "Then pretend I didn't say it."[[labelnote:Context]]Wakka had just questioned the use of machina in Operation Mi'Hen, given that they're against the teachings of Yevon. Seymour - a maester (read: archbishop) of Yevon - tells him to pretend they aren't there. This line is his shrugging off Wakka's shock at a maester so blithely blowing off his own religion's rules.[[/labelnote]]** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'':*** Lightning is first seen in the intro calmly pointing her gun at a group of soldiers whose weapons are all trained on her, setting her up as an ActionGirl. She later appears holding an oversized, delicate dandelion in her hands, watching it with her usual stoic expression, managing to not disturb the fluff until the wind blows it away, showing her HiddenHeartOfGold.*** The other characters have this as well. Sazh comforts a frightened child when his chocobo pops out of his afro, Snow and the rest of NORA talk about heroism, Hope crawls away in fear when he's offered a gun, and Vanille playfully says "bang" when she gets her own gun.*** Lightning gets another, in-universe one in a flashback of her introduction to Sazh. She volunteers to be put on a purge train along with civilians and surrenders her weapon without incident. When a bemused Sazh asks her about it, she gives him a cold one-liner ("If you want 'quiet', I suggest you take the next train"), establishing her as a mysterious elegant badass whose game Sazh now really wants to figure out.* Zero of ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' establishes himself as a badass on his first appearance during the prologue stage when, after X [[HopelessBossFight is completely incapable of damaging Vile's mech and is about to be finished off]], Zero blows the mech's arm off with one shot.* Ashe's introduction scene/stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'' shows her credentials as an ActionGirl ''before'' becoming Mega Man Model A, and how far she'll go to get what she wants. She ''jumps off the side of an airship'' and lands unscathed after ''at least'' a kilometer's fall, for starters, fights her way through a force of mavericks and a ''boss'' with a simple blaster pistol, you know, the kind that only {{Red Shirt}}s in the series would use, and the series' resident PsychoForHire is the only one who manages to stop her. Then it's implied that she survived a ''multi-kilometer fall'' after that. No, she's not a robot, she's ''human''. ''[[Awesome/MegaManZX Oh, man]]''.** All of the Mega Men in ''Advent'' have nice moments as well. They only consist of standing there and talking, but they explain who they are, what they want, how they are going to get it and why they really do not like you.* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'': You know the Cole Train means business when his first appearance is taking on about 10 Locust on his own, not even bothering to take cover. In the second game, he first appears coming to your rescue - ''while making a squad of Locust about to kill you run away scared.''* [[GeniusBruiser Fawkes]] from ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 3}}'' is first introduced by talking to [[WordOfGod him]] through a speaker. In a shocking departure from the usual Super Mutants you've encountered throughout the area, he is not only intelligent, but articulate, polite, and surprisingly friendly. After letting him out of his cell, he helps you for a while by tackling assorted enemies and helping you retrieve your mission objective, and then politely departs. His establishing character moment meets its climax later on when you find him jumping out of the side of an aircraft with a giant laser minigun, screaming various battle cries...and he's ''still'' polite to you when you talk to him.** [[TheBully Butch Deloria]] starts showing his true colours at the player character's tenth birthday party: having missed out on cake thanks to [[RobotBuddy Andy's]] screwup, he demands that you hand over the sweetroll you were just given as a present. Rather tellingly, one easy way to get Butch angry enough to beat you up (apart from just refusing to give him the sweetroll) is to call [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his mother]] an alcoholic. Equally tellingly, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain he's almost instantly reined in by the nearest guard.]]** [[MeanBoss Overseer Almodovar]] gets his moment at the party as well: initially introduced as a reasonable if somewhat uptight authority figure, if you follow him upstairs to his office, you can hear him commenting that the only reason he attended in the first place was because his daughter was a friend of "[[PlayerCharacter the brat.]]" He then [[KickTheDog orders the party broken up by the guards and everyone sent back to work.]] ** Another example from the party: Andy, the prim and proper resident robot, deciding to cut the cake. [[EpicFail With a buzzsaw.]]** At first just an [[GenkiGirl overly-cheerful]] shopkeeper, Moira Brown soon makes it clear that she's much more than that: first, she starts asking for a quote from you (the resident vault-dweller) to introduce her upcoming book on wasteland survival; in payment, she offers an armoured version of a Vault 101 that [[WrenchWench she modified herself]] - and [[MoodDissonance without dropping her cheerful tone]], mentions that the client who asked for it is probably dead. Finally, she asks for a little help with her [[MadScientist experiments in wasteland survival]]...** Assuming that the offer to blow up an inhabited settlement in exchange for a hefty payoff didn't indicate exactly what kind of person Alistair Tenpenny is, accepting the offer pretty much seals the deal: after being invited to his penthouse suite at the only luxury hotel in the entire wasteland, you find him lounging around on the balcony in a silk robe, enthusiastically watching [[spoiler: Megaton]] vanish in a nuclear fireball - and then paying you with a ton of caps and the deeds to a suite of your own. Stick around a little longer, and it's revealed that the only reason he had the town blown up was because ''it was spoiling his view'' - and he spends his spare time firing a sniper rifle at random into the wasteland below. Wealthy, powerful, and [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense completely and utterly batshit]].** Introduced in the middle of a very loud argument with Rivet City's chief scientists, Dr Zimmer establishes both his ridiculously bloated ego and skewed sense of priorities by demanding that they help him track down his android creation, going so far as to dismiss Dr Li's current project as unworthy of anyone's attention. Li's current project? ''Purifying the Potomac River and providing everyone in the Capital Wasteland with safe drinking water.''** President John Henry Eden can be heard at all hours of the day on the Enclave Radio Channel, warmheartedly sharing his opinions and plans for the rebirth of America with anyone who cares to listen. One might be tempted to think of him as a harmless crank with no real authority, or perhaps an automated broadcast by a long-dead actor... but then the Enclave attacks Project Purity in force, driving out the team and seizing complete control of the area, and suddenly those [[AffablyEvil friendly chats]] take on a much more [[KnightTemplar sinister note.]]* The first thing Larry does in the ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' is insist that a child in your group has been bitten (when, as far as you know, he's only covered in muck), and demands that he be thrown out or killed.* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': ** Godot in ''Trials and Tribulations'' has one when he is first presented to the courtroom. He sips his coffee, throws out a coffee-related quip, and generally acts like he owns the place.** Franziska's entrance into the plot involves whipping Gumshoe. ** Matt Engarde's [[spoiler: real]] appearance.-->'''Engarde''': [[spoiler: ''(brushes back hair to show scars, smirks, holds up a brandy glass and swirls it menacingly)'' How do you do, Mr. Lawyer? I'm Matt Engarde.]]** Kay introduces herself to Edgeworth by jumping into the room through a high window (which she can't get back up to, effectively trapping her in the room) with a great flourish and proudly introducing herself as the second Yatagarasu, a great thief of justice. This tells you most of what you need to know about Kay.** Manfred Von Karma's first line in the first game involves him, instead of telling the Judge a standard "The prosecution is ready, Your Honor," saying "Fool... You seriously think that I would stand here were I not completely prepared?" showing his arrogance (which, admittedly, is backed up by [[CrazyPrepared extensive preparation]]).** And then there was Gant. [[DeathGlare Who just stares at you for a good 30 seconds before finally speaking.]]--> "Hey! The temperature rose 5.7 degrees when this man came in!"** [[spoiler: Professor Aristotle Means]] of ''Dual Destinies'' introduces himself with a [[spoiler: [[TechnicallyASmile terrifying grin]] that unnerves Athena before going on to espouse his "ends justifies the means" philosophy with regards to battles in court, securing victory at any cost.]] This lets you know that this guy is not nearly as wholesome as he appears even before anything goes wrong, [[AlwaysMurder as per usual.]] * Our first sight of Erol in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' has him telling a shackled, chained-down Jak on a Dark Eco injector slash torture device, "I'll be back later," after being told to finish Jak off that night. Daxter's first appearance in any game features him making the wisecracks. Ashelin enters the games by [[ActionGirl dropping from a tree and holding a gun to Jak's head]]. [[spoiler: Gol and Maia]] enter the picture telling a Lurker army to destroy a village. Yeah.* In ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'', Nero/Nrvnqsr Chaos's first scene is meeting Shiki late at night while dogs howl and it's made ''very'' clear that Shiki is about four seconds from death. The next time we see him, he's just eaten every single person inside a hotel before attacking Shiki and Arcueid. The manga skips the first scene and [[MoralEventHorizon shows Chaos' entrance into the motel, where he brutally murders everyone including a pair of cowering children.]] Apart from Makihasa Tohno (who's already dead) he's the easily the least sympathetic character introduced in the entire game because everyone else is a gigantic woobie. [[strike:Even]] Especially the next baddie, SHIKI.* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has the most deadly Servant Gilgamesh turn up, kill Caster and show clearly that he is [[EvilerThanThou even worse]]. And then he leaves because he thinks that Shirou's mansion (one of the biggest in town) is too low class a place for him to fight. Oh, and he refers to Saber as his property near constantly.** Even before his status as a villain was officially cemented in the plot, it's [[ObviouslyEvil obvious]] that [[SinisterMinister Kotomine Kirei]] is up to no good. One of the things that contributes to this is his introduction, where he unnerves Shirou by pointing out the Holy Grail War is going to be a bloody battle, and that not even he may be able to keep his hands clean of it if he participates. And when Shirou does resolve to participate in the Holy Grail War, he gleefully tells him to rejoice as now his wish to be a hero will finally come true since [[SuperheroParadox now there exists an evil for him to fight and rescue people from]], further unnerving Shirou.* The very first thing we see [[ArmiesAreEvil Blackwatch]] do in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype}}'' is save an innocent woman from a horde of Infected...only to kill the woman immediately afterwards. This is arguably meant to show that Blackwatch is willing to kill ''anyone'' with any contact with TheVirus, ''even if they're not even infected themselves.''** The opening gameplay segment features Alex raging against Blackwatch, carving tanks and men apart, fighting giant infected behemoths, taking out helicopters, then tracking down an officer, slamming him to the ground, and pounding his skull into paste. ** A less violent but just as telling introduction comes in the very first line we ever hear Dana Mercer speak, which is "Let ''go'' of me, you goose-stepping motherfucker!"* Rachel from the Xbox remake of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' appears staring down a fiend larger than herself and {{One Hit Kill}}ing it. This particular type of fiend is one that remains annoying even with later health and weapon upgrades. CutscenePowerToTheMax or not, it nicely makes her out to be some badass ActionGirl...so it's funny how Ryu ends up having to save her repeatedly, eh? From the same title, Gamov shows himself by speaking up from a hitherto unseen corner, making some cryptic comments and then showing a capacity for OffscreenTeleportation that leaves our {{Ninja}} protagonist befuddled, clearly setting up his MysteriousWatcher role.** [[spoiler:Murai's]] words at the end of the prologue mentioning how it's a shame the Black Dragon Blade's power is sealed away by Ryu's clan rather than being used [[spoiler:foreshadow that he is the true BigBad of the game.]]* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea|HourOfDarkness}}'', Flonne's introduction:-->[[TheDitz "Nice to meet'cha, I'm an assassin! ...Oops, I wasn't supposed to tell you that."]]** The intro sequence of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea5}}'' tells us what you need to know about the two leads -- [[{{Ojou}} Seraphina]] [[TheBeautifulElite would rather enjoy herself]] [[UpperClassTwit than understand what fighting the Lost amounts to]], and Killia [[BigEater loves to enjoy a good bowl of curry]] [[CurbStompBattle before wrecking his enemies' shit]].* The first mission of ''VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception'' has some Leasath chair forcers rain bombs on a defenceless city [[ForTheEvulz just because they could spare the ordnance]], showing that these aren't quite the MyCountryRightOrWrong {{Punch Clock Villain}}s of other titles in the series.* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games '''love''' this trope, with a healthy side order of WorldOfHam.** [[MightMakesRight Thor]]? Knocks out a kid with a brutal blow of his hammer and violently leeches his LifeEnergy to empower himself.** [[GagPenis Mara]]? Spouting {{Double Entendre}}s one after another and ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou ramming the screen]]''.** [[ThatOneBoss Matador]]? "[[BadassBoast I swear, by my sword and capote, that once again I will prove victorious!]]"** [[PhysicalGod Demiurge]]? "[[AGodAmI WORSHIP ME]]! [[ThisIsGonnaSuck THE CREATOR OF ALL, UNPARALLELLED BY ANY]]!"*** His full form, [[GodIsEvil YHVH]]? "[[ItsAllAboutMe Praise my name! Witness, bathed in the glory of my countenance! Praise my name!]]"** [[CreepyChild Ali]][[AliceAllusion ce]]? "[[SignatureMove Will you die for me]]?"** [[TheDragon Sukuna]]-[[PuppeteerParasite Hikona]]? "The one called Munakata no longer exists..."* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[TheChick Kairi]] is introduced (after the opening) with a detailed close-up of her teasing Sora and giggling, seeing her up as the girl Sora has a crush on, and [[TheRival Riku]] is introduced confidently tossing logs around and being the responsible, hardworking one, setting him up as the guy Sora wants to be.** Still in the first game, King Mickey is introduced right by the end on the other side of Kingdom Hearts. He appears warding off countless heartless with the light of his keyblade, then looking over his shoulder to say some inspiring words to the heroes. He only gets better in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII the sequel]].* In the first ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', the player quickly learns all he/she needs to know about Kratos if he executes a Grab attack on the initial zombie {{Mooks}}: Drive them to the ground and stab them repeatedly, impale them on his chainblade and whip them around, or ''tear them in half with his bare hands''. Whatever is about to happen that will make him hurl himself off a cliff in the intro, Kratos clearly begins as a man not to be trifled with.** A more accurate moment probably comes from his treatment of the hydra. It swallows a man with a key he needs. After killing the beast in badass fashion, Kratos stalks into its mouth to retrieve the key. The key is around the neck of the ship captain, who thanks him for coming back. Kratos' reply? "I didn't come back for ''you''." He then proceeds to rip the key off him, then send him down the hydra's throat for no reason whatsoever. Kratos: Mighty warrior, and complete asshole.* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Ganondorf's first appearance is in a dream and his second is faking loyalty to the king. However, in his third appearance, he knocks Link to the ground with a single attack and says, "I am Ganondorf! And soon, I will rule the world!"** Also, the first time you hear of Ganondorf's actions, you find out that he was the one who put the death curse on the Deku Tree for not giving him what he wanted.** Princess Zelda also gets one when you first meet her in her courtyard - though she's surprised that you got past the guards, she doesn't have you thrown out and, after Link confirms the Deku Tree gave him the Kokiri Emerald, she tells Link of her [[TheSeer dream]] and. shows him Ganondorf through the window. She then says that, though he has pledged allegiance to her father, [[ProperlyParanoid she doesn't trust him]], indicating she's a ''far'' better judge of character than most of the adults in Hyrule.** [[NiceGirl Saria]], the first character you see when you leave your home the first time in the game, also has one. She cheerfully runs up to Link to greet him and says the Deku Tree wants to talk to him. When Mido won't let Link past because he has no sword and shield, Saria says though he's a jerk, he has a point and you could get hurt and tells you where to find a shield.* The very first thing you hear Neku say in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' is, among other things, "I don't get people. Never have, never will." This sets up his initial antisocial behavior, and sets him up to learn ThePowerOfFriendship.** The bonus chapter "Another Day" tells you exactly [[CrowningMomentOfFunny what kind of alternate world this is]], when Alternate Neku shouts "Life is great!", and then has to struggle with his "emo urges".** Beat's impulsive and aggressive nature is emphasized in his first appearance, in which he accuses Neku and Shiki of being Reapers and tries to start a fight with them.** Sho's first scene involves him showing up late to a meeting, using "affectionate" nicknames on Kitaniji and Konishi, then walking out as soon as he's lost his interest, effectively setting him up as the maverick among the Reapers [[spoiler:and TheStarscream]].** Joshua is written to get on both Neku and the player's nerves almost immediately, starting with him feeding Neku the answer to an extremely easy puzzle in a very condescending manner and continuing with him making the bare minimum amount of effort in fights (forcing Neku to pull all the weight) before suddenly revealing his flight and BeamSpam abilities (again, in a very insufferable manner.)* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''** Wes of ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' has the best introduction of any character in the series, handheld or not--he ''blows up a criminal hideout with dynamite''. As the only non-KidHero playable, he already stood out, but it was that moment that marked him as one of the best human badasses in the series.** Your rival in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has this moment when you are choosing your starter. Not only is he impatient and wants to take his first (which he actually does in ''Yellow''), but he ends up waiting and [[{{Jerkass}} choosing the one that has the advantage over your own]].*** Your rival from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' has his personality (as in, he's [[{{Jerkass}} a massive asshole]]) laid out pretty clear when it's revealed he stole his starter Pokémon from Professor Elm.** ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'' has one for both the partner character, and its villain. *** The first time the player character meets them they are very excited to meet you, pushing you into town before they get a chance to speak. But then all the adults corner them because the kid did something irresponsible and run after them. Say hello to the NaughtyIsGood CheerfulChild.*** Before the start of the game, Rayquaza, as in ''[[PhysicalGod that]]'' [[OlympusMons Rayquaza]], is seen flying away off the planet from a mysterious force, saying that [[HorrifyingTheHorror it has felt fear for the first time in its life]]. The villain gets an encore at the second half of the game at which [[SuperPersistentPredator it catches a fleeing Latios and Latias flying at the speed of a jet plane]], and [[TakenForGranite turns them into stone]], leaving their bodies to crash land below. Say hello to the HeroKiller.* Every ''Franchise/MetalGear'' boss (starting about at ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'') gets one of these. Sometimes it's as late as right before you fight them. Sometimes, [[SubvertedTrope they get another one after you win, or they don't get one at all]].** Liquid Snake probably gets the most notable one, establishing him as someone you don't want to mess with. The first thing you see him do is prepare to fly a Hind-D, despite the snowstorm currently raging over the base which your support team notes only a crazy person would willingly fly a helicopter in, in response to a pair of F-16's being scrambled towards the base.[[labelnote:*]]It also, in hindsight, acts one for Colonel Campbell - Liquid Snake knows about the F-16 sortie before Solid Snake/the player does.[[/labelnote]] Not fifteen minutes later, you're informed of how the flight went - Liquid ''managed to shoot them down anyway''.* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' loves to not outrightly reveal [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits the major characters,]] but rather all you are given is a name and a very vague description of the characters skill or occupation. As you are on your way to find them, you will have several encounters with people who will give you a few more pieces of information about the person you seek, and each time the mental image you get becomes more and more outrageous and horrifying. Then comes the BigEntrance, which usually even much more badass than anything you would have imagined.** Thane Krios' first appearance has him show up in the middle of a conversation, breaking necks and coldly shooting his target - before bowing his head in prayer. Shepard asks him why he's praying for a monster, and he replies that [[TheAtoner he's praying for himself.]]** Grunt is introduced by bursting out of his tank, demanding some kind of purpose. When he backs down, he notices that Shepard has had a gun to Grunt's chest the whole conversation, and he just laughs. That's Grunt right there. It also shows the [[UndyingLoyalty enormous amount of respect]] he has for Shepard from the very beginning. It establishes that he WILL follow Shepard into Hell itself.** Urdnot Wrex in the first game shows up for the first time making a series of {{Badass Boast}}s to a Krogan bouncer in Chora's Den. If you happen to miss that scene, you meet him at C-Sec headquarters after he's been detained for making the aforementioned boasts. To make up for the player having missed the scene, he makes another series of Badass Boasts to the officers instead.** Tali'Zorah nar Rayyah is introduced in the first game trying to get a direct meeting with the Shadow Broker, then blowing up the thugs who ambush her at the meeting site, establishing that she is not only somewhat naive about the workings of the galaxy but that if you mess with her [[BewareTheNiceOnes you will]] ''[[StuffBlowingUp explode]]''.** [[AdventurerArchaeologist Dr. Liara T'Soni]] is introduced in the first game after having accidentally gotten herself into a stasis field that the Geth can't figure out a way past, which foreshadows both her [[GameBreaker raw power]] and the fact that she's in way over her head.*** She also gets a second EstablishingCharacterMoment in the second game, [[MeaningfulEcho using a line]] [[NotSoDifferent from Benezia in the first game]] to establish just how much she's changed in the two years between games before [[NotSoStoic letting her mask drop entirely]] for a moment to indicate that she's still the same old Liara underneath it all.** CowboyCop Garrus Vakarian is introduced in the first game complaining to DaChief about how the regulations are getting in the way of him arresting Saren. If that wasn't enough, he gets another Establishing Character Moment a few minutes later, when Fist's thugs try to hold Dr. Michel hostage. He pops out of the other side of the room and deals a clean [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] to the thug holding Michel. Shepard can then either compliment his aim or [[WhatTheHellHero call him out for putting the doctor in danger if he missed]].*** In the second game, you join an alliance of three badass mercenary bands who try to take out Archangel, a lone wolf vigilante who has been cornered in a building and killed dozens of mercenaries who had tried to get at him for the last few days, to the point where the mercenaries are bringing in battle robots the size of small mechs and a heavily armored gunship to try to take him down. [[spoiler: In case you're wondering, Archangel is none other than Garrus]].** Though she appears a twice beforehand and is heard over loudspeaker and in a few video clips, Miranda Lawson's first real introduction is when Wilson opens the door to the room she's been hiding in, [[spoiler:promptly shooting him with a sarcastic quip, insisting that he's a traitor, and ignoring all of Shepard's counterarguments and stating "I'm always right."]] Quickly establishing everything you need to know about her. [[HiddenDepths Or not,]] depending on your point of view. It certainly tells you everything you need to know about [[WellIntentionedExtremist Cerberus]], [[ContinuityLockout if you haven't played the first game.]] If you read the Shadow Broker dossiers you acquire after completing ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', [[spoiler:it confirms Wilson really was a traitor and Miranda was right.]]** When buying [[BaldOfEvil Jack]] from a private high security prison ship, you can talk with one of the prisoners who begs you to free him as well and take him with you. But when he hears that you've come for Jack, he decides he rather stays in the safety of his cell. We then have a shot of Jack's prison cell opening, to reveal (instead of the giant hulking brute earlier dialogue was gearing you up to expect) a young woman, who promptly starts screaming in rage, tears open her restraints, and rips apart three [[HumongousMecha YMIR mechs]] with her bare hands. The rest of the mission is chasing her through the wreckage left behind by her rampage through the prison ship.** [[KnightErrant Samara]] has a short fight (in which she utterly dominates the poor Eclipse merc) finishing with a precise NeckSnap and a good deal of DissonantSerenity, before establishing just how strict her code is and how she works with any possible loopholes to advance the greater good.** On the derelict reaper, you first hear signs of a lone sniper taking on the husks all by himself. Later Legion is introduced [[ColdSniper sniping a group of husks]] that try to sneak up on Shepard and saying his/her name, establishing his combat specialty, the fact that he is different from other geth (as he can talk) and his obsession with Shepard quickly and efficiently with the shot of the N7 armour he used to patch himself. His first full body shot also is accompanied by one of the games moments of Crowning Music of Awesome, that is just short of being pretentious.*** Furthermore, upon spotting Shepard alive and well, the audience witnesses Legion do a clear double-take and raise one of his eye-flaps in an approximation of a FascinatingEyebrow, demonstrating a range of expressions that come off as far more "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman human]]" that other Geth previously encountered, who were inscrutably robotic in almost every way.** From what you hear about Mordin Solus, he appears to be a completely psychotic butcher who slaughters the local gangs by the dozens with both weapons and science, but also runs a free clinic for the poor. When you finally meet him, it turns out that the stories were not exactly wrong, but he is nothing like anything you would have expected.** Shepard's reintroduction cements their character direction and progression throughout the sequels. S/he start [=ME2=] with the ''Normandy'' exploding around them, refusing to leave until they rescue everyone they possibly can, are killed in the attempt, is resurrected and dropped right back into the fray... then picks up a gun and goes straight back to work. Not even death itself can stop Shepard from being a force of nature.** Joker first appears at the beginning of the first game making a near-perfect mass relay jump, then griping about not getting the recognition he deserves, demonstrating his great ability and his justifiable arrogance.** Ashley gets two in the first game; first you see a moment of shocked horror as she sees what the geth are doing to the civilians on Eden Prime before [[TheDeterminator she gets back up and gets right back to shooting]], then her first proper conversation as a party member is questioning Shepard's decision to let [[FantasticRacism alien nationals]] to have free-reign to roam around their top-secret military warship.* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'': Most people know Megatron as a megalomaniac, and as someone not to mess with. In the very first stage, he commands his flagship to ram into a space station, [[BadBoss casually shoots a subordinate decrying the plan]], then as the ship and the station section it crashed into collapses, he simply charges out of the wreckage with two lieutenants and starts massacring Autobot {{Mooks}} left and right while he lets Soundwave organize any survivors strong enough to live.** Similarly, when you start the Autobot campaign, the first you see of Optimus is him being a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} and saving Bumblebee from a group of Decepticon mooks.* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' does this with...well, everyone. Aside from those characters who are more than they appear to be in their first scene, what you see is what you get.** In the various ''Origins'', Duncan appears to be almost preternaturally self-possessed, afraid of nothing and able to make people feel either threatened or comfortable, as he chooses, with nothing more than polite small talk.** Alistair's first appearance has him honestly trying to fulfill his duties as a messenger, and quickly falling back on snark in response to the hostility of the mage he's talking to.** A gracefully-aged older woman stands apart from her fellow mages, watching a Chantry sister bless some soldiers in preparation for the upcoming battle. When you speak to her, she asks you gently probing questions to determine how much you really know about what's going on and offers advice to fill in the gaps. Later, you find she survived the slaughter: when you meet her then she's just singlehandedly killed a demon to protect some of her fellow mages and a group of children. Paraphrased: "Oh hey, it's you, nice to see you again, now step away from the kids or I will end you!"** Morrigan appears mysteriously, from nowhere, questioning your motives and deflecting the questions you set her in return, or responding positively when you are polite to her.** A Chantry sister tries to talk down two sides about to fight, and when that fails immediately pulls out two knives and starts cutting her way through the people who oppose her. Oh, and hi, my name's Leliana, and don't worry about the blood, I know from experience that'll come right out!** A huge, powerful man sits in a cage, looking for all the world like he's strong enough to bend the bars and escape...but he doesn't. Instead, he sits, chanting softly to himself in an unknown language, and when you approach, does not tell you to go away but merely that he is not there for anyone else's entertainment, so he is not there for yours either. He responds with polite but grateful surprise to courtesy, and answers freely (almost) any question you ask him. He tells you he is Sten...which, you learn later, is not even his name, but his rank. And he seems almost eager, when he learns you are a Grey Warden, to enter your service to fight the Blight.** Zevran ambushes you and tries to kill you; when that fails, he anticipates that you'll want to interrogate him and cheerfully volunteers to save you the trouble by spilling every bit of relevant information you might want to know and a few you probably don't, and shamelessly hitting on you in the process.** Oghren is first seen in the Diamond Quarter, all but picking a fight with a government official due to his argument that someone needs to go look for Branka, his wife. He tries cajoling, threats, even reason, but all are shot down, leading him to trudge back to Tapster's Tavern, where you find he has already begun drowning his sorrows, assuming they aren't gently bobbing facedown in an ocean of alcohol already.** Your own character gets several choices for dialogue (and actions) in the Origins that can set up how you want to play them, from killing the humans in your territory to politely doing as your father tells you to do to flirting with your cousin to snarking with your cousin that she doesn't care what's going on, she just wants [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl the excuse to drink]].** In the ''Awakening'' expansion, your first minute with Anders tells you three things: he's a powerful mage, he has a really weird sense of humor, and he ''hates'' Templars.* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' does the same thing for many of its primary characters.** Varric gets two early on. In his first actual appearance in the game, he proves to be a storyteller who loves to over-exaggerate everything to make the stories more interesting, even while being interrogated by the Chantry's equivalent of the Inquisition. Later on, when Hawke first meets him (chronologically, ten years before the interrogation) he spots a pickpocket, pins him to the wall with his crossbow, berates the pickpocket for his lack of skill, and returns Hawke's money, before making a business proposition, establishing his role as a deadly marksman and cunning rogue/businessman. ''Mark of the Assassin'' later confirms Hawke's suspicion that he was waiting there specifically to run into them, hoping to run into them before Bartrand.** The first scene with Anders shows him healing a sick person, then taken over by Vengeance when Hawke enters, perceiving him/her as a potential threat, establishing the duality and inhumanity (but also kindness) of his nature. Anders also gets an indirect one before he's introduced, with many of the Ferelden Refugees that he has been helping making it clear they're prepared to die to protect "The Healer" from the Templars.** Merrill's first scene has her sitting apart from the other Dalish, cradling something glowing and secretive, followed by sudden embarrassed babbling at encountering Hawke, establishing her status as a mysterious mage, her distance from her people, and a quirky {{Cloudcuckoolander}} all at once.** Isabela's introduction involves [[BarBrawl smashing some faces in the Hanged Man]] - never once does she seem intimidated by her foes, though they outnumber her three-to-one, going so far as to talk seductively to keep one off his guard before kicking the crap out of them. When they're gone, she goes back to her drink without a qualm. This also serves as a CallBack to her similar introduction in ''Origins'', where she fought off three men who accused her of cheating at cards, before introducing herself to the Warden.** Fenris' first scene involves him striding around the corner, having eliminated Tevinter bounty hunters offscreen, and shoving a glowing hand through the Tevinter captain's chest - without leaving a mark - before politely apologizing to Hawke for the unexpected number of hunters. Mysterious supernatural warrior cred ''established''.** Aveline is introduced by knocking a darkspawn off her husband, beating it with her bare hands, and cutting off its head with a sword wielded like a paper slicer. Then she helps her husband to his feet.** Sebastian's first moments involve him placing a bounty on the head of the mercenaries who killed his family, while arguing with the Grand Cleric about the need for justice. When she pulls down the bounty posting, he pins it back up with an arrow fired from his bow. His second comes when Hawke later learns from the Grand Cleric that Sebastian is not only a [[SpareToTheThrone Prince]], but a ''[[BadassPreacher Priest]]''.** Hawke's various personalities gets introduced during Varric's prologue depending on dialogue choices. Paragon!Hawke quickly establishes themselves as a born leader, Aggresive!Hawke takes the role of a vicious BloodKnight, while the middle choice, Snarky!Hawke shows themselves to be a charismatic [[DeadpanSnarker snarker]].** Hawke's siblings, Bethany and Carver, are first introduced slaying Darkspawn, before going right back to ''arguing''. Bethany quickly shows herself to be diplomatic and introverted, while Carver is brash and argumentative.** The relationship between Hawke and their siblings similarly is established quickly in the Prologue. Hawke and [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Carver]] seem to [[MiddleChildSyndrome butt heads]] constantly, while Hawke's [[BigBrotherInstinct protectiveness]] towards Bethany is shown when they immediately stand in front of her and give a DeathGlare to Ser Wesley, after he identified her as an Apostate. With a Mage Hawke, this also shows that they are willing to put themselves in the line of fire to protect her.** From ''Mark of the Assassin'', [[GenkiGirl Tallis]] is introduced mowing through a bunch of assassins like a chainsaw, casually revealing she was the person Varric's contact was hired by, squees at Hawke and then offers them to join her on a heist to rob an vault, surrounded by traps, protected by an army of Chevaliers, in a impenetrable fortress, on a mountain, surrounded by monsters!** [[KnightTemplar Knight-Commander Meredith]] is first properly introduced at the end of chapter 2 by casually walking up behind a Sarebaas about to zap Hawke, [[AntiMagic nullifying the spell it was preparing]], and stabbing it; she then spends the remainder of the mission insisting on being in charge, insisting on taking the most straightforward approach to everything, and deferring only grudgingly on either point.*** Similarly, her reaction to Mage Hawke is essentially, "Yes, I know you're a Mage. I'll deal with you later, [[EnemyMine Qunari first!]]" Her willingness to overlook Hawke being an apostate in the face of the current crisis so that while authoritarian, she's still reasonable. [[spoiler: Which only highlights how paranoid and off the deep-end she becomes later]].** Flemeth's reintroduction has her rescue Hawke's family from the Darkspawn in her High Dragon form, transform into her new valkyrie-esque appearance, whilst walking through the fire completely unharmed. She then offers her services in getting past the Darkspawn, in exchange for Hawke delivering something for her to a group of Dalish elves outside of Kirkwall.* Minor villain Pascal Grentzer from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword]]'' asserts his status as perhaps the vilest individual in the game when, upon being released from prison, he attempts an IHaveYouNowMyPretty on his liberator...who happens to be a DarkMagicalGirl {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch mom who could quite easily turn him inside-out with magic. She quickly asserts control over him, but what he would've done to anyone less willful is disturbingly clear...** Granted, Ike had his time during his own ''Fire Emblem'' games, he earns himself another one in his first appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Brawl'''s Subspace Emissary. You've just seen Marth and Meta Knight fail to stop the Ancient Minister and his bomb. He flies off, thinking he's won. Suddenly from behind you see a BFS slowly rise from behind him as epic music starts to play. Ike then jumps up to catch it for his signature move Aether (he yells "Great Aether" just because it's cooler that way) and easily slices down the bomb the Ancient Minister was carrying, disarming it (becoming the only character ever to do so) and he strikes a pose as the Ancient Minister flies off into the distance.** Hector's introduction has him enter the scene and see his friend Eliwood being attacked by a band of assassins. [[WhatTheHellHero He yells at the nearby guard for doing nothing to help,]] who tells him that affairs here were "of no concern to a foreign lordling." Hector responds by killing the man on the spot because he doesn't have time to argue and figures the guard was in on it, [[BloodKnight and then joins the fight]] while telling half his escort to [[HotBlooded get to safety so they don't get in his way.]]* It takes most of ''YggdraUnion'' for Gulcasa to finally get one of these, but when he does it's very powerful. In the very short scene in question, a scout arrives to tell him that [[spoiler:his little sister Emilia]] is dead. He accepts the news and dismisses her rather than opting to ShootTheMessenger...and then once she's out of the room, he breaks down crying. Rather than rage against the Royal Army for their role in that character's death, Gulcasa [[ItsAllMyFault blames himself for lacking the power to save her]]. And once he's managed to pull himself together, he goes right back to rallying his men to defend his capital from your attack. Each of these actions [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion has a story behind it]], but simply seeing them for what they are is enough to succinctly explain [[NiceGuy what kind of person Gulcasa is outside of battle]].* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and the sequels have a large cast of characters, most of them [[FlatCharacter flat]]. As a result, their characterization is established immediately upon meeting them, and there's not much development afterward.** ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' (''The Broken Seal''):*** Garet gets one in the prologue: "What, Isaac? I'm trying to save my stuff! ...it's too dangerous? All right, I'll go with you." And a few moments later: "It's times like this that we men have to stick together!"*** Ivan is introduced [[MindOverManners violating the mental privacy of two total strangers]], and being surprised when they [[InvisibleToNormals call him on it]].*** Mia's first scene shows her using [[HealingHands her powers]] to help a sickly old man, and fretting that someone has broken into Mercury Lighthouse, which she is bound by her familial duty to protect. Duty-driven WhiteMagicianGirl. Next!*** Felix, at Level 5, ''calls out the first game's endbosses'' over kidnapping Sheba, and later ''jumps off Venus Lighthouse'' to rescue her when she falls. AlwaysSaveTheGirl much?** ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'':*** The entire intro of ''The Lost Age'' shows Jenna's development from the previous game's DistressedDamsel into this game's ActionGirl.*** Sheba starts the game by telling Felix and Jenna that she's destined to help them, forcing her way into the player party and refusing to take "no" for an answer. This shows her development from the previous game's DistressedDamsel (there were two) into this game's snarky, ''pushy'' BlackMagicianGirl.*** Piers is first seen as a PlayAlongPrisoner in Madra after being wrongly arrested for a pirate attack. He has an alibi, and he could just break out using his Psynergy, but the latter would be misusing his powers and the former would [[{{Atlantis}} raise more questions]], so he decides to wait for the mayor to prove his innocence by other means. In the meantime, he tolerates abusive guards, and mentally kicks himself after lashing out at one with his Psynergy. Secretive and mysterious, but kind, patient, and law-abiding, with a strong sense of responsibility.*** In the same game, Karst's first appearance is standing in the middle of a busy city, asking ''everyone she sees'' if they've seen her (late) CoolBigSis. Sure enough, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge she takes the news badly]].*** Agatio's establishing moment is telling Alex ''he knows'' he's being made to play the DumbMuscle role, and is only playing along because it furthers his goals as well.*** A rather surprising one for ''Issac'' comes late in ''The Lost Age''. Being a HeroicMime in the first game, players were free to imagine what his personality was like, and official guides suggested he was a total NiceGuy. In ''The Lost Age'', [[SuddenlyVoiced he starts speaking for himself]], and the first time we encounter him is after Garet and Mia have been caught in a trap set by Agatio and Karst. One the first things out of his mouth is a rather curt "If you're not going to help us, then get out of our way", then displays very little hesitation in drawing his blade when it becomes clear the two are hostile. The whole scene shows us that A) He's under a lot of stress, and B) He's quite willing to be confrontational.** ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'':*** Karis and Tyrell are established at the beginning of ''Dark Dawn'' with their actions - Karis yelling at Tyrell to get off the roof before he breaks the soarwing, and Tyrell flying off of said roof thinking he could just use it despite being an inexperienced Mars Adept.*** Rief is introduced trying to get a better look at a giant Psynergy Vortex. Great for book smarts, not so much for common sense.*** Sveta is first seen as a faint figure in Te Rya who flees every time she's seen, then later in Teppe Ruins showing you where to go and leaving some of her climbing gear for you. By the time she actually introduces herself, she's shown herself to be shy, considerate, and very athletic.* The first cinematic in ''VideoGame/TombRaider'', in which Lara reveals herself for the first time to the player by cutting the rope that holds her, tossing off her shawl, drawing her guns, and firing a few shots at the wolves attacking her guide before she hits the ground.** The comic book starts with her being caught trying to escape some Middle Eastern town under a burqa after stealing a necklace. Once she's caught and exposed, she makes a few jaunty quips while escaping in a hail of gunfire with an IndyPloy. But for her butler arriving in a chopper, a bit late, she would've died. Acts like she doesn't need others, but she still does. That's about all you need to know if you haven't played the games.* The opening to ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' quickly establishes the dynamic between the four survivors. Bill [[TeamDad leads the group through an alleyway]] using military handsigns, and specifically investigates the zombie remains in hopes of understanding them. Francis makes [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold asshole remarks, yet during a horde helps the others up while quipping]]. Louis [[ThePollyanna remains optimistic and hopeful]]. However, Zoey's GenreSavvy nature never comes up.** The opening to ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' is less movie-like, but still has this. Coach's quips are centered around his TeamDad status ("This used to be a ''nice'' neighbourhood!"). Ellis is fairly enthusiastic about kicking zombie ass ("Kill all sons of bitches. That's my 'ficial instructions."), and grins goofily when Rochelle gives him a grenade launcher. Rochelle [[SadClown uses mild snark to keep herself and the group going]] (When faced with a load of zombies: "Kill all sons of bitches, right?"). Nick [[{{Jerkass}} mocks Coach for being fat]], and, more subtly, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold is always the first to help people in trouble]]. *** Nick sums up every survivor in the ''Left 4 Dead'' franchise:-->'''Nick:''' [[BadassBoast I have not...Come this far...To die NOW!]]* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', from the very beginning of the game you are told about Caesar's Legion, a brutal band of slavers and raiders that aim to conquer the Mojave, and how they're some of the worst scum in the world. However, it's not until [[spoiler:the sacking of Nipton]] that you realize just how cruel and depraved they truly are.** In the introduction, Benny is depicted as a classic AffablyEvil SmugSnake in a tacky suit, putting on airs that overstep the bounds of merely 'full of himself' and go straight for 'this man should be maced.' [[spoiler: No points for guessing he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder inevitably betrays everyone he works with]], which includes [[TheStarscream his boss.]]]] ** Also in this same introductory cutscene, the Courier is shown taking two bullets in the head and being buried in a shallow grave. [[ActionSurvivor This doesn't seem]] [[MadeOfIron to slow them down]] [[TheDeterminator in the slightest.]]** The first time you enter Gloria Van Graff's weapon shop, you find her negotiating with a customer. [[KickTheDog She orders her brother to execute one of their own employees]] to demonstrate to the customer (and the player) just how ruthless they are.** For the most part, authority figures in ''Fallout'' tend to be corrupt, selfish, or outright evil. Thus, it isn't shocking when you enter the Kings Gang hideout that [[TheStarscream the guard]] demands you pay an entrance fee to see The King. When you meet him, the player asks if he always charges a fee to see him, to which The King responds that [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure there isn't]]. He'll then immediately repay whatever money the guard scammed from you, joking you must really wanted to have met him.* Willard H. Wright's first appearance in [=EP7=] of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' consists of him busting into a sham trial of a falsely accused maid and using Van Dine's rules to save her.* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'''s resident bigot Garithos:-->''"You're late, Prince Kael'thas. I thought you Elves take pride in your punctuality"''.** The first time we see Jaina in action was when she fought back an ogre by herself. Arthas even tells his men not to help because they'll just get in the way.* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when Alliance players get a quest that is supposed to direct them towards the Alliance's main base in the Dragonblight region, they are supposed to deliver a critically important letter that contains the names of traitors and spies that work for the Cult of the Damned. When the player arrives and hands the letter to High Lord Halford Wyrmbane he crumples it and throws it aside, then points towards a bunch of corpses hanging from the arch of the main gate... He had already dealt with all the traitors without even needing the list. That's just how badass the 7th Legion is, of which he is in charge.** The [[RedOniBlueOni Huojin and Tushi Pandaren]] are introduced with the Tushi practicing their forms and the Houjin sparring against each other.*** Likewise Aysa of the Tushi is first shown meditating while Ji of the Houjin is introduced fighting Hozen.** Taran Zhu arrives to deal with a Sha outbreak in the Jade Forest, and scolds the soldiers responsible for causing it by bringing war to Pandaria.* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 2'''s {{Troperiffic}} [[BatmanColdOpen opening cinematic]], "Second Chance," opens with a SuperSoldier flinging himself out of a skyscraper [[DodgeTheBullet just ahead of an incoming rocket]] and [[ThreePointLanding landing]] [[MadeOfIron unscathed]]. He then ambushes an enemy soldier, takes his rifle, shoots another soldier with it before he can react, [[SuperSpeed evades]] an A-10 [[DeathFromAbove napalm airstrike]], turns [[InvisibilityCloak invisible]], {{neck lift}}s a third soldier, [[DestinationDefenestration hurls him out a window]], follows him down, and uses his Mk.60 to disable an AwesomePersonnelCarrier while [[ImmuneToBullets shrugging off]] its machine gun fire. His next step is to [[InASingleBound fling]] himself in SlowMotion onto the APC, trigger his SuperStrength, and [[RemovableTurretGun rip]] its .50 caliber machine gun right off its mount. By the time he's used it to [[ShortLivedAerialEscape shoot down]] the helicopter that shot that first rocket at him, it's abundantly clear that a well-used [[PowerArmor Nanosuit 2]] is a force to be reckoned with. This entire sequence takes two minutes, with HansZimmer's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "Insertion"]] blaring in the background the whole time.* In ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', almost immediately after gameplay begins, Slippy [[LeeroyJenkins flies out ahead of everyone else]] and an enemy fighter starts chasing him. This will happen quite often.* Invoked intentionally with ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the "Meet The Team" videos. You can learn everything you need to know about the individual classes by watching them. Most notable is Meet the Pyro, who being TheUnintelligible, was only assumed to be mysterious and a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pyromaniac]]. [[spoiler:To the other characters, The Pyro's an OmnicidalManiac, frightening even [[AmbiguousGender his/her/its]] teammates. However, through "Pyrovision," we learn that the Pyro is a schizophrenic that sees the world as a SugarBowl within seconds.]]* [[NameOfCain Kane]] of the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' has truly memorable moments:** In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn Tiberian Dawn]]'', in the middle of you getting a dubious and quite possibly suicidal mission briefing from [[SmugSnake Seth]] (who comments that "Power shifts quickly in the Brotherhood") Kane's hand appears in the corner of the screen holdinging a pistol, which he uses to blow Seth's brains out. Then he comments that "Yes, power shifts more quickly than some people think....", issues the player his orders, then [[AffablyEvil congratulates the player on his promotion]].** On the GDI side of the same game, Kane's introduction involves the player getting a series of routine reports from various news agencies on various topics, and in the middle of the reports Kane suddenly hacks into his data stream, tells the player that his/ EVA unit cannot help him, that his army is penniless and emasculated, that he is doomed to failure, and that ''he knows where you live'' and implies he has assassins on the way to kill you. [[AffablyEvil Then he bids you a good day]].*** In addition to showcasing his personality, it also started a habit of his for GDI campaigns: introducing himself by hacking a communication system to gloat. He does it three times out of four.** In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun Tiberian Sun]]'', Kane's first appearance on the Nod campaign occurs when Anton Slavik has captured General Hassan and is holding him on a massive stage with a huge screen behind him. Slavik starts chanting "In the name of Kane!" and the crowd responds with "Kane lives in death!" On the third repition, the screen erupts to life with Kane's face and he shouts [[LargeHam "KANE LIVES!"]] Then he turns to Hassan and reminds him that "Rule of thumb, Hassan: you can't kill the Messiah."** In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars Tiberium Wars]]'', Kane's first appearance on the Nod side has him stepping out of the mists in a chapel-like room and greet the new commander like a combination of proud father-figure and fiery holy man. On the GDI side, the player is hit by images showing the orbital command space station being nuked, multiple GDI regions where bombers are attacking, warnings of incoming invading forces, and finally Kane hacking the global news network to issue his taunting declaration of war.* The first sign that the Boss is [[InexplicablyAwesome thoroughly awesome]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is when she can tell that Snake has lost weight just by the sound of his voice.* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', shortly after Niko [[spoiler:kills his subordinate Vlad]], he and Roman are kidnapped and wake up tied to chairs in the basement of Russian mob boss Mikhail Faustin who immediately establishes himself as violent, unconcerned with human life, and ''batshit insane'':-->'''Mikhail''': ''[Pointing a gun at Niko]'' You think it's okay to kill one of my employees?-->'''Niko''': If he's an asshole, yes.-->'''[Mikhail suddenly turns and [[BlofeldPloy shoots an employee who had angered him]]]''-->'''Mikhail''': ''[smiling]'' I agree!* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has a few for each of the main characters.** Michael gets his mask taken off by a zealous guard during the Ludendorff heist, and advises him to just walk away and forget what he saw. [[NobleDemon Michael is a criminal but a relatively pragmatic and merciful one, the kind of guy who (as he says later) may be no angel but, compared to his companions, may just as well look like one.]] *** This mercy goes right out the window when Michael's [[BerserkButton family]] gets involved, leading to [[spoiler: smashed TV screens, houses turned to ruin, [[EtTuBrute betrayal...]]]]** Franklin's kind of a blank slate but contextualized by his friends and coworkers. We are introduced to him performing a repo job on a car, and Lamar takes this as free license to have a joyride with the repossessed vehicles. Frank's boss is a schmooze, and Lamar's attempts to branch out usually end up in shootouts and police chases. Franklin's master plan to "get out of this bullshit" is to "get serious", i.e. move up the organised crime ladder, rather than get caught up in the dead end of petty street gang rivalries. His rare conversations with his [[AmicableExes Amicable Ex]], Tanisha, where he usually gets told off for disrespecting his old friends and living a life of crime, are pretty big ECM's.** Trevor's introduction (In which he is found rutting with a fellow Meth user, in a filth-encrusted trailer) has him realise that Michael is still alive. This revelation tips him over the edge, causing him to [[CurbStompBattle brutally curb stomp]]the Meth head's biker boyfriend for daring to confront him. Without another second's hesitation, Trevor decides the most pragmatic thing to do is to completely wipe out his fellow bikers ''immediately'' before they can retaliate and, just for good measure, wipe out a local latino gang as well, giving him control of all the drugs and guns in the area. [[EvilGenius Trevor: Insane, remorseless and violent, but also intelligent enough to do speed chess gambits and come up with audacious solutions to his own nutsoid problems.]]* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' makes sure we know where each of the primary villains sit.** Imran Zakhaev is introduced at the same time as Khaled al-Asad at President al-Fulani's execution. However, the scene makes the relationship between the two quite clear with a remarkably subtle gesture: when al-Asad appears, Zakhaev points a pistol at him, in the middle of a courtyard filled with al-Asad's soldiers - and ''al-Asad'' is the one who stops in his tracks, obviously surprised and worried. ''Then'' Zakhaev hands him the gun, and al-Asad executes al-Fulani, establishing who is in charge, and who is the subordinate. ** Vladimir Makarov in the second game has an ''entire mission'' serve as his establishing character moment. It starts with him and his cronies machinegunning an airport (and you have to follow and help him). It ends with Makarov casually turning and shooting you in the head, revealing he knew you were a spy the whole time. And he ''gets worse'' from there.* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':** In [[HeManWomanHater Kenji]]'s second scene, he accuses Hisao of being a "psychic spy", and claims that Yamaku's predominantly female student body is evidence of a feminist conspiracy plotting to take over the world.** [[ProperLady Lilly]] is introduced sitting in a disused classroom, having a SpotOfTea, and politely greeting Hisao.** [[ShrinkingViolet Hanako]]'s first time interacting with Hisao in the library has her incredibly nervous at merely having his attention, eventually getting up and running away while saying "Ivegottogodosomething!"** [[PluckyGirl Emi]] runs into Hisao in the hall, late for an errand because she went running, then defuses any anger he might have felt with puppy dog eyes.** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Rin]] is introduced sitting on a table in the art club, eating with a fork held in her foot. Her conversation with Hisao, with topics ranging from asking what to call a meal between lunch and dinner to suggesting that his disorder is "in (his) pants".** [[TheStoic Hideaki]]'s moment in Lilly's route is when he guesses that something is wrong with Hisao's heart just by looking at him (and reasoning that there are no external deformities and he would not be attending Yamaku with a mental disorder), showcasing his intelligence and bluntness. In his introduction to Shizune's route, his competitive streak, which is more prevalent in that route, is showcased when he argues with Hisao over how much either is like Shizune.** In [[JerkAss Jigoro]]'s first scene, after introductions, he starts insulting the Yamaku student council for being lazy compared to the student councils of his childhood, and reacts to Hisao's politely asking what he does for a living by asking "Are you some kinda tax man, boy?". Things go downhill from there.* In ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', [[KnightTemplar Agent Nightingale]] in his first appearance tries to shoot Alan Wake, completely ignoring the risk of hitting the innocent bystander who stands right next to Alan.* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39gX7GpYf0Q infamously chilling close-up of SA-X's face]] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Metroid}} Metroid Fusion]]'' does well to convince the player that they should steer clear of this foe.* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', moments after Dark Pit's creation, Pandora introduces him as her newest minion. He responds with an OffhandBackhand, and joins you in the second half of her boss fight. Meet the WildCard.** Also, there's [[spoiler: [[BigBad Hades]], who interrupts a Fake-Out Credit Sequence, [[IronicEcho quotes Pit's]] [[RealitySubtext "Sorry to keep you waiting"]], and nonchalantly and playfully explains how the entire plot up until that point was a gambit on his part.]]** [[spoiler:Viridi]] shows up after the action of one chapter is suddenly interrupted by a ''massive'' bomb that destroys the battlefield Pit was overlooking. Her first lines?--> "Hahaha! Nice shot, if I do say so myself. Good riddance, human ''scum!'' The world's better off without you!"** [[spoiler:Pyrrhon]] showcases his overly boistrous, superhero-esque personality almost before he is seen onscreen.--> "Villains are no match for ''[[spoiler:Pyrrhon]]!''* Very early into ''Videogame/{{Prototype 2}}'', when James Heller first catches sight of Alex Mercer, he slits the latter's throat. [[HealingFactor It doesn't take,]] but it and the subsequent dogged pursuit firmly show that if anyone can take Alex down, it'll be James and his depleted uranium balls.* The Guardian's introduction during the ''intro'' to UltimaVII, where he taunts the Avatar through his computer back at home on Earth and tells you exactly what kind of entity he is.* Though you don't get to see him during his first "appearance", ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s [[BigBad Terumi Yuuki]] perfectly establishes what kind of inhumane bastard he is when he, in [[AntiHero Ragna]]'s story mode's initial flashback, just seconds after Jin has cut off Ragna's right arm, [[LargeHam loudly]], [[HannibalLecture brutally]] [[CardCarryingVillain and]] [[BreakThemByTalking mercilessly]] [[{{Troll}} mocks, taunts, ridicules]] [[AxCrazy and]] [[LaughingMad maniacally]] [[EvilLaugh laughs]] at Ragna who lies screaming and writhing in pain on the ground. For first timers, this also counts as the moment Terumi crosses the MoralEventHorizon. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday For Terumi, however, it might as well have been Tuesday.]]** Same goes with his co-conspirator Relius Clover. When he was only mentioned by Carl in ''Calamity Trigger'', all we know is that 'he lacked compassion'. Come his first appearance in ''Continuum Shift'', he shows what that really means: Callously turning Carl's sister ''and'' mother into automatons only [[ForScience for advancement of science]] without even care, and eventually hammered home in his own story in ''Continuum Shift Extend'': He just sees people as things. From that point on, Relius is more known as both MadScientist extraordinary, and [[AbusiveParents the worst father ever]].** [[HandsomeLech Kagura Mutsuki]] gets a good example in ''Chronophantasma'', where the heroines Noel and Makoto walk up to meet him in his office, to pass an infuriated woman in the hallway shouting about how he's a complete pervert. They walk in and he spends the whole conversating between casually flirting with both of them, and complaining about how [[HotScientist Kokonoe]] turned his bachelor pad into an elevator.* Everybody in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' gets one upon their introduction:** Yuri is introduced looking awesome in the Lower Quarter. Within his first few lines he reveals his Flynncentric inferiority complex, then leaps out the window to go rescue the district while [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] at his dog.** Raven, when you first meet him in the castle dungeons, is telling a factually suspect tale to one of the guards, not unlike the false info he tends to feed you. He also helps Yuri out unexpectedly, and the intro even hints at [[spoiler: his connection with the Imperial Knights when Alexei comes to get him out of prison.]]** Estelle is roaming around the castle looking like your stock helpless Princess...but then she threatens a bunch of guards with a sword and, after Yuri defeats them, tries to whack him over the head with a vase. Estelle in three words - impulsive, brave, and {{Adorkable}}.** You find Karol [[CowardlyLion hiding in the bushes]] in the Quoi Woods. He then makes a [[ButtMonkey fool of himself]] by swinging his sword so hard he starts spinning uncontrollably, then collapses and follows Yuri and Estelle pretty much [[TagalongKid against their will.]]** Rita's first action in the game is to tell everyone to shut up and then hit Karol with a fireball.** When you first "meet" Judith she's riding a dragon and spearing blastia. When she takes off her armor, she helps Yuri [[BloodKnight start a fistfight in prison]] and has a subsequent skit about her [[TheTease skimpy clothing]].** And, of course, [[BigDamnHeroes Flynn's]] first action is to rescue you from assassins, with him and Yuri [[BashBrothers effortlessly fighting in perfect sync]]...after which he immediately turns around and [[VitriolicBestBuds starts attacking Yuri.]]* Same deal with ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', although the characters are usually ''so'' multifaceted and complex that they need a few scenes to get their essences across.** Luke is introduced staring out the window of his bedroom. He gets a mysterious headache, [[RoyalBrat sasses a few maids]] and then sits down to dinner with Van and the Duke and Duchess Fabre. During that conversation he makes it ''abundantly'' clear that he thinks the world revolves around him.*** Luke gets another one later on when he accidentally murders a guard during the Tartarus invasion. It sends him into minor HeroicBSOD mode and establishes that for all his self-centered behaviour, he is a ReluctantHero who really doesn't like to kill.** Tear shows up to assassinate Van at Luke's manor, easily taking out all the guards with a [[MusicalAssassin fonic hymn.]] When she and Luke are then teleported miles away from the fight, [[CodeOfHonour she declares that it's her duty to see him safely back.]]** Anise, like Luke, gets two important moments. One is her first appearance at an inn in Engeve, in which she complains about [[BodyguardCrush Ion running off again.]] Later, on the Tartarus, she immediately becomes MUCH friendlier with Luke when it's revealed that he's got [[GoldDigger money and a title.]]** [[MemeticBadass Jade]] [[ColonelBadass Curtiss]] gets a suitably epic moment when he interrupts your fight with the Liger Queen, [[CrutchCharacter nukes]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill her]] with spells ''way'' more powerful than anything you've seen before, and then [[DeadpanSnarker immediately starts]] [[TheGadfly making fun of Luke and Tear]] once the fight's over.** Guy is introduced earlier, but his proper establishing moment is when he [[UndyingLoyalty rescues Luke]] from the Tartarus...by leaping off the top of the giant landship, deflecting bullets with his sword, and declaring "Enter the amazing Guy!" with a cheesy grin. A few moments later, he gets a secondary moment when he [[DoesNotLikeWomen panics because Tear tries to shake his hand.]]** Natalia is encountered at the castle. She begs Luke to remember their ArrangedMarriage, and then immediately [[RoyalBrat tells Guy to stop freaking out, because he'll be her servant one day.]]*** Natalia is actually a perfect example of the importance of first impressions, as this establishing moment quite seriously misrepresents [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure what her character]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess ends up being]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething all about]], but by the time she actually shows her true colours the damage may have already been done.** Asch shows up, calls Luke a worthless reject, and has [[{{Foreshadowing}} a mysterious headache identical to the one Luke suffered at the beginning of the game.]]* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': and again! This series is very good about this trope.** Raine, Genis, Colette and Lloyd are all introduced in a classroom scene in the very opening. [[IdiotHero Lloyd is sleeping,]] [[ChildProdigy Genis answers all the questions,]] [[CoolTeacher Raine is teaching the class,]] and the subject matter is Colette's [[TheChosenOne role as the Chosen]].** Kratos saves the rest of the party and takes out a group of mooks with no trouble. He behaves quite [[TheStoic coldly]], although he reacts strangely [[{{Foreshadowing}} when Lloyd reveals his name.]]** Sheena tries to assassinate Colette...and then immediately [[CuteClumsyGirl falls through a hole in the ground.]]** Zelos shows up [[TheCasanova surrounded by fangirls]], and immediately starts flirting with Raine and Colette. Colette throws him across the courtyard, and Raine notes that [[HiddenDepths his reactions are much faster than an ordinary human's.]]** Presea enters carrying a piece of Sacred Wood that [[PintSizedPowerhouse Lloyd and Genis can't even lift]]. She answers every question in a monotonous robot voice, and her equipped weapon is a ''[[AnAxeToGrind woodcutter's axe]]''.** Regal drops [[DynamicEntry right the hell out of nowhere]] and [[CombatPragmatist knocks out Zelos from behind]], all [[WithMyHandsTied with his hands shackled]], warning the team that [[BadassBoast he'll kill the Chosen if they move]], and then [[{{Foreshadowing}} hesitating when Presea lunges at him]].* So you made it to the final level of ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II Turbo: The Ultimate Championship]]'' and are about to thrash M. Bison for the umpteenth time. Then a shadow zooms ahead of you, grabs M. Bison, the screen goes black, blows are landed, screen comes back and M. Bison is laid out by this new challenger. Meet '''AKUMA'''.* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'', Norton's first action was to have Carver take Isaac hostage and proceed to force him to rescue Ellie. He relays on Isaac's good nature and love of Ellie to do it. [[spoiler: Of course, he "forgets" to mention he is dating Ellie.]]* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}:'' has a couple of good ones:** The four default character's abilities and general behaviour are established in the intro together with Handsome Jack's role as villain and being a troll.** Marcus Kincaid shooting a guy in the knee when he asks for a refund on defective merchandise.---> '''Marcus:''' Looks like it works to me!** Doctor Zed jams a large needle into a bound down patient while remarking that it won't hurt.** Claptrap greeting you by giving you an ECHO that he [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally didn't just loot from a dead body]].** Tiny Tina is introduced singing a (heavily modified) nursery rhyme before blowing up a bandit with a stick of dynamite.* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' starts somewhat innocuously, but firmly establishes the otherwise taciturn Ryu as a hero by having him jump off a cliff without hesitation to rescue Nina, a girl he just met, after she falls. It also establishes him as a bit naive when he passes her on the way down because, hey, her wings aren't just for show, causing him to FaceFault.* Chiaki in ''VisualNovel/OurTwoBedroomStory'' is first seen receiving a gift of homemade cookies from a female colleague, which he accepts happily... and then dumps in the trash as soon as he thinks no one is looking.* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'': Daniella. She is first introduced by [[JumpScare suddenly appearing]] [[NinjaMaid behind Fiona]] in the castle bedroom, offering some clothes, and then [[CreepyMonotone creepily talking]] to a painting across the room. Some time later, an optional cutscene shows her being [[IronWoobie very savagely interrogated by Riccardo, but still refusing to talk]]. Then she turns and gives Fiona a'' [[SarcasmMode lovely]] ''PsychoticSmirk. Just in case you didn't get it, the aforementioned smile drives Fiona into [[InterfaceScrew Panic Mode]] the second the cutscene ends.* In ''VideoGames/NancyDrew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor'', you first hear Jane eagerly talking to her tutor about how excited she is to have a stranger (you) visiting the castle, and asking if they can play a game. We learn Jane's favourite hobby from this, and that she is lonely and easily bored.* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'': Garry is introduced to the player (and Ib) [[DistressedDude in the process of dying]]. After being saved, he immediately [[CowardlyLion freaks out when he thinks Ib is one of the monsters]], before mellowing out and [[BigBrotherInstinct promising to protect her]] when he realises that she's just an ordinary little girl.* ''VideoGame/MadFather'': [[HerrDoctor Alfred Drevis]] is introduced to the player working in his mysterious basement in the dead of night, with a bloody smear on his lab coat and horrific screams coming from the lab itself. [[spoiler:This is also a more subtle one for Aya; note that upon hearing the screams, [[LikeFatherLikeSon she pauses for half a second before continuing to walk away]]]].* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' the villains are first show using a KillSat on civilian targets. If that doesn't rub their villainy in enough, in the first level their mooks are shown executing civilians.* Dark Souls: ** You, the Chosen Undead, are introduced languishing in a cell in your Hollowed out form, [[JumpedAtTheCall immediately taking your opportunity to escape and survive when it comes to you.]]** The Great Grey Wolf Sif appears guarding over his companion's old sword, and preparing to kill you for attempting to even touch it. ** In the main game, Knight Artorias is a legendary figure who you never actually see, but you hear tales of how he descended into the Abyss to stop the darkness in New Londo and failed, becoming corrupted. His item descriptions describe his great strength and prowess with a greatsword. [[OhCrap Cue the intro to his boss fight in the DLC, where he drops down on an undead and impales it, before hurling it at you with a roar.]]** While he has no introduction cutscene, 9 times out of 10 [[spoiler: Lord Gwyn's]] first attack will be a jumping, fiery slash that sets the tone for the entire fight, and gives you a good idea of how fast and strong he is.* The titular [[ImplacableMan Nemesis]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' drops in out of nowhere, [[OneHitKill kills your only comrade in one hit]], [[ItCanThink speaks it's one and only word]], and moves in for the kill, which immediately establishes him as a serious threat unlike any other in the game that is hell-bent on killing you.-->'''Nemesis: STARS...'''* The Nemesis' SpiritualSuccessor Ustanak has a similar appearance in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. He appears out of nowhere, spots Jake (his target) and begins to advance, the normally calm and snarky Sherry [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness looses her nerve and shrieks "RUN"]], and Ustanak is ''[[MadeOfIron completely unphased by a massive explosion]]''. '''[[RunOrDie Start running.]]'''* If you haven't played any of the previous games, ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' makes it clear what kind of character The Boss is (and what kind of game this is going to be) after the initial, fairly generic FPS tutorial mission where they are TheVoiceless. As President of the United States, s/he's installed stripper poles in the White House, appointed Creator/KeithDavid as Vice-President just because, [[TalkToTheFist punches a congressman in the face]], and promptly deals with [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill first contact]] by also trying to punch a giant alien in the face.* Episode one of ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'', for those who hadn't read the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire books]] or watched the [[Series/GameOfThrones show]], goes really out its way to establish the kind of man [[AxCrazy Ramsay Snow]] is. [[TheDreaded Whenever he is spoken of, it comes with a very noticeable sense of dread in the voice of the person speaking.]] His first scene shows him [[FlayingAlive flay a man alive for not acknowledging his father's rule.]] The end sees him [[FauxAffablyEvil playfully taunting the new and young Lord Ethan Forrester]], and then threatening to rape his twin sister, followed by him [[spoiler:stabbing Ethan in the throat and taking his younger brother as a hostage, and cheerfully leaving the room while Ethan's family watches him bleed to death]].* If you're an IdiotHero in the ''Franchise/{{Lufia}}'' series, you'll have one of these for sure.** Dekar in ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''/''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' takes Idura's mention of a "nameless" master to mean that Idura's master ''literally'' has no name. After effortlessly dispatching Idura's summoned monsters, Dekar then misinterprets Idura's parting words.---> "Pay, huh? Pay is what you do when you buy something. You've got nothing I want!"---> "I could really use a new coat. Unless you had another gift in mind."*** In ''VideoGame/LufiaTheRuinsOfLore'', the heroes encounter Dekar in a casino, having gambled away all of his money and offering his signature Dekar Blade as a wager. When scolded by a friend, Dekar insists that he was just having bad luck and that he's not bad at anything.** Wain in ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' gets his moment early in the game. When a young girl is trapped inside of a burning house, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Wain immediately rushes in to save her]]. When Seena heals his injuries and asks him what he would have done if she couldn't have healed him, Wain responds by saying that she could, so that wasn't a problem.*** Deckard [[{{Expy}} (the similarity is intentional)]] has his moment when he prepares to drive his ship through the pirate ship the heroes are escaping from. When Wain attempts to tell them that they aren't pirates, Deckard responds by saying [[InsaneTrollLogic that anyone on a pirate ship must be a pirate]]. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Wain then remarks that Deckard has a point.]]* VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer 's very first line (If you don't count the opening credits) is him saying he wants to run his dog Chippy through the dryer cycle because he's bored.* A few in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'':** The audience is first introduced to the [[HeroicMime silent]] protagonist [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation blaring music in his headphones]] (and being visibly dismayed when his [=MP3=] player stops working not long after) as he travels to his destination, [[IneffectualLoner ignoring most of what's going on around him]]. His hands are kept in his pockets most of the time, showing off his [[CharacterTics Character Tic]]. ** Yukari Takeba is first seen in the opening cutscene, putting a gun to her head [[BungledSuicide before dropping it, crying]]. While it's learned shortly thereafter [[ItMakesSenseInContext she was actually trying to summon her Persona]] and couldn't go through with it due to the stress of pulling the trigger of a gun-like object against her head, the obvious symbolism is still there. ** Junpei Iori is met by the protagonist (and the audience) on the first day of school, where he gives a friendly "S'up dude!" and cheerfully introduces himself. Not long after, when Junpei joins the party as a Persona-user, he mentions he was found "[[HeroicWannabe cryin' like a baby at the convenience store]]" surrounded by monsters shortly after awakening to his Persona. *** On said first day of school, Yukari, already familiar with Junpei, mentions that he'll "talk to anyone if they'll listen" while Junpei defends himself, saying he was only trying to be friendly. This sets up the argumentative dynamic the two will have for the rest of the game.* While the cast of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' often subverts what people might expect out of them from a first impression.** Yosuke is first shown having a bike accident, and soon gets [[GroinAttack kicked in the crotch]] for accidentally breaking Chie's DVD, showcasing that he [[ButtMonkey has terrible luck]].** The main character's homeroom teacher, Kinshiro "King Moron" Morooka, establishes himself by denouncing the player as a loser because he's from the city, showing him to be an abrasive JerkAss. The fact that his students grumble about him, and are shocked if the player chooses to intentionally get on his bad side saying "You calling me a loser?" indicates how much he's disliked.** Noriko Kashiwagi, King Moron's colleague [[spoiler:and replacement as Class 2-2's homeroom teacher after he is murdered]], establishes herself by badmouthing the IdolSinger Rise, purely out of jealousy.* In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', the members of the team you didn't pick are first introduced in a BigDamnHeroes moment saving your skin from an army of Shadows. After the boss is dead, everyone gets to individually introduce themselves.** Misturu takes the lead and explains who they are and how they ended up in the labyrinth, and offers to tell more at a later time, showing her calm TeamMom personality.** The P3 Hero lets Mitsuru introduce him and says very little, perfectly displaying his apathetic, [[TheQuietOne quiet]] nature.** Akihiko introduces himself as the captain of the Gekkoukan High boxing team and states that he really likes protein. This tells you [[CloudCuckoolander everything you need]] [[DumbMuscle to know about]] [[{{Flanderization}} what's happened to him]] since the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.** Shinjiro explains that he is technically a third year, but that he is taking time off from school and is only helping SEES for his own reasons. When Rise prods for more info, he brusquely brushes her off.** Yukari reveals that she is in the archery club. When she stumbles, Junpei wastes no time taking a potshot at her, highlighting [[VitriolicBestBuds their argumentative nature]]. She then reacts negatively to Teddie trying to hit on her [[CasanovaWannabe (but then, who doesn't?)]].** Junpei, after the above, claims to be a peace-loving hero, showing his HeroicWannabe tendencies.** Fuuka stutters throughout her intro, showing her ShrinkingViolet personality.** Aigis, in her robotic monotone, states that [[StalkerWithoutACrush she must always be with the P3 Hero]].** After Ken introduces himself, Chie accidentally presses his BerserkButton and showcases his [[AdorablyPrecociousChild need to be treated as mature]].** Koromaru happily allows Chie and Rise to play with him. However, [[SitcomArchnemesis Kanji]] gets a no-no.** Margaret explains how they came to be in the labyrinth, admits that she was the one who forced the Investigation Team to do a SuperSentaiStance, and jokingly refers to them as her servants. Mysterious, but with an odd sense of humor.** The P4 Hero simply states his name and shows his calm, collected StraightMan nature in contrast to the rest of his team, but with the right dialogue prompt, he can show that he is NotSoAboveItAll.** Yosuke explains that he is [[TheLancer the P4 Hero's partner]]. He pokes fun at his teammates throughout their intros, showing his JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies.** Chie stumbles over her intro, causing Yosuke to mock her. She then threatens to kick his face in, highlighting her more combative personality and [[VitriolicBestBuds their similar argumentative nature]] to Junpei and Yukari, something that Fuuka does not miss.** Yukiko quietly introduces herself, revealing her prim and proper personality.** Rise shows her cheerful and energetic nature.** Kanji also stumbles a bit, and Yosuke pokes fun at his [[RealMenWearPink less manly hobbies]], hitting his BerserkButton.** Naoto calmly introduces herself, showing her rationality, but when Ken accidentally touches on her feminine insecurities, she stumbles.** Teddie dramatically proclaims himself to be the "beloved and adorable" mascot of Junes, showing his narcissistic tendencies, pops out of his bear costume, and [[PungeonMaster makes a terrible bear pun]].** Marie gets very touchy when Margaret takes a jab at her poetry, highlighting her {{Tsundere}} personality.* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue:'' Louis-Joseph Gaultier de la Vérendrye is introduced muttering angrily in French, insulting and attacking the protagonist, and declaring that as an Assassin, he (and according to him, every other Assassin) must obey their mentor unquestioningly, despite their cause supposedly being "freedom". It serves a double purpose here, since it establishes that Gaultier is [[FrenchJerk a dick]], and how the other Assassins in this game behave as a whole, and why someone might take issue with them.* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOVERKILL'' quickly establishes Isaac's [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]], BlaxploitationParody character with the very first cutscene, where he gives his partner G a sucker-punch and quite the sharp-tongued greeting:--> "What's up, ''motherfucker?!''"* In ''VideoGame/ConceptionTwoChildrenOfTheSevenStars'', Chlotz is introduced risking his life to protect a classmate, even though both are unarmed, and refusing to give up despite injury...Then, once the danger is over, he makes a perverted joke about her. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Yeah]].* In ''VideoGame/HometownStory'', all new named characters have a scene in which they are shown arriving into town. While some are just seen strolling in, others quite clearly display their quirks. For example, Miyo is seen accidentally dropping stuff while Haruka cleans up behind her and Jacques comes in walking in zig-zags as if he's looking for something.* Several characters in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' do this:** Flowey, an adorable talking flower, pops up to greet you and asks if you're from the surface, then says he will show you how things work underground. [[MoodWhiplash He then flashes a]] NightmareFace [[MoodWhiplash and promptly tries to kill you]], showcasing that for all his cutesy appearance and manner of speech, he's a ruthless [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who knows just how to manipulate you.** And right after that, [[MamaBear Toriel]] makes her entrance by [[BigDamnHeroes blasting Flowey with fire magic]], rebuking him for attacking a helpless child, then introduces herself and bring you through the Ruins into her home, showing that she's as kind as she is powerful.** Sans also has one. When you leave the ruins, you are stalked through the woods by a mysterious figure that [[TeleportSpam disappears at random]]. When you reach a dead end, said figure approaches you and asks you in an ominous voice to shake their hand...[[ThePrankster only to reveal he had a whoopee-cushion hidden in his hand]], and then introduces himself as Sans and says while he's ''technically'' meant to capture you, [[LazyBum he can't be bothered]].** An odd case with [[spoiler: Sans again, this time in his boss fight.]] You may have [[spoiler: met him before]], now things are completely different, as they are [[{{Understatement}} irked]] at you, and show it through [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard cheating, taking the first attack]], [[CombatPragmatist starting with an absurdly strong attack]], and [[SNKBoss generally making your life hell]]. * ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''** The opening cinematic of the first game acts as an establishing character moment for [[BigBad Sarevok]], in spite of being cryptic at the time. He's shown chasing down a terrified man -- a warrior himself, but helpless against him. He knocks down a door effortlessly, looms menacingly, speaks of ThereCanBeOnlyOne, and mercilessly kills the man while holding him in a NeckLift before tossing the body away. That tells a lot about him: big, menacing, literally[[note]]in game mechanics terms[[/note]] as strong as an ogre, ruthlessly evil, and motivated by something that involves killing all the others (whatever they may be).** Irenicus from the second game is first seen torturing the helpless protagonist for the purposes for some research, completely indifferent to their suffering. The whole initial dungeon continues with this theme, and it's accompanied by more than one scene showing his utterly overwhelming magical power as he repels attackers.* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'': Mere seconds after waking up and finding himself surrounded by zombies, the Doomguy breaks free of the manacles holding him, backhands the first one to get near him hard enough to draw blood, then grabs and smashes its head into the slab/operating table he's on hard enough to [[YourHeadASplode turn it into a bloody smear]]. Even if you've never played any of the previous games, you'll know instantly why he's one of the iconic badasses of FPS.* ''Zero Escape'':** The cast of ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' are designed to emulate certain stereotypes, so that the player will be surprised when they show their HiddenDepths. Their appearances are actually quite different from their true personalities, as first displayed when...*** ...[[{{Stripperific}} Lotus]] does the ColdEquation and asks everyone to choose who they're going to sacrifice, as the DeadlyGame's rules dictate that at least one person will have to be left behind. We know from this scene that Lotus is intelligent and [[JerkassHasAPoint coldly pragmatic]].*** ...[[DumbMuscle Seven]] recounts a memory from his past as a P.I, when he tracked down a group of kidnapped children and [[MyGreatestFailure unsuccessfully]] tried to save them. This shows us that Seven is smarter and more heroic than he looks, [[spoiler:as well as giving us vital information on the plot's backstory]].*** ...[[DamselInDistress June]] enters the incinerator room for the first time. Why she's there and what she does in it is vital for understanding her character.** The cast of ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' wake up in adjoining prison cells. From there:*** Eric paranoically assumes that Q, a ''child'', is somehow responsible for their confinement and moves to strangle him.*** Mira coldly suggests that Q is a "mistake" born from somebody's one-night-stand.*** Diana asks everyone to to focus on escaping.*** Junpei watches calmly, contributing only a few sardonic remarks, as if he's accustomed to such situations. [[spoiler:Which he is.]]** In ''[=ZTD=]'''s [=DLC=] booklet, Akane's character is revealed when she calmly asserts authority over Sigma and Phi, despite their doubt of her capability, and reminds Sigma that he can't let his emotions [[spoiler:relating to the approaching apocalypse]] interfere with their mission. Her conversation with Junpei in the following scene establishes [[IronWoobie the other]] side of her personality.* ''Videogame/{{Nihilumbra}}'': [[spoiler:Assuming you're going through the levels in order, Void Mode introduces itself by plopping a deadly Crawlaggar right in front of your face. You have approximately four seconds to dig out your Brown color and latch onto the wall out of his reach before he eats you. And it only goes downhill from there.]]* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' features quite a few of these, most of them during the opening cutscenes to their first missions:** [[GentlemanSnarker Richard Sonnac]], your contact among the Templars, sarcastically congratulates you on being able to follow the directions you were given; he then assures you that you haven't "[[TakeThat strayed into some atrocious]] Creator/DanBrown [[TakeThat airport paperback]]," and gives you the lowdown on the Templars and [[WellIntentionedExtremist why they're so necessary for the continued survival of the human race]] - peppering the explanation with his trademarked dry wit, of course.** Illuminati handler [[ComedicSociopath Kirsten Geary]] introduces herself to new recruits with a scream of "I FUCKING LOVE OLD-SCHOOL HIP-HOP! DON'T YOU?" apparently just for the sake of surprising you. The rest of her introduction is spent [[MotorMouth bombarding you with a high-speed stream of instructions]], pausing only to inform you that any failure on your part will reflect badly on her - and result in her [[YouHaveFailedMe nailing your head to the wall]] [[MakeAnExampleOfThem as a warning to the next fuckup]].-->God, it is ''so'' cute when you new guys think I'm kidding...** [[IceQueen Bong Cha]], Voice of the Dragon, coldly informs you that you are to speak ''only to her'' - not [[WarriorMonk the Monks]], and certainly not [[CreepyChild the Child]]. Then, businesslike as always, she lays out the nature of the Dragon as a force of Chaos - and sends you out into the field to stir up a little on behalf of your new faction. ** Also in the Illuminati introduction, [[MadScientist Dr Zurn]] gets his moment when the player wakes up strapped to an operating table in his lab. Having already asked security guards if they've ever seen people void their bowels under the influence of pink noise and cheerfully informed players that they're about to lose all motor function, he then holds up a syringe and ominously asks "[[Film/MarathonMan Is it safe]]? Nah, I'm just fuckin' with ya." Then, while [[{{Keet}} spinning around]] in [[SwivelChairAntics his swivel chair]] and taking hits from a [[FunctionalAddict suspicious-looking inhaler]], he gives you a full-body workout for your new powers with a single injection. Undoubtedly crazy, [[AffablyEvil surprisingly amiable]], and [[BunnyEarsLawyer undeniably effective]].** In his first official conversation with you, the Pyramidion swings wildly between [[CloudCuckooLander normal dialogue, public service announcements, and context-relevant Internet memes]] - while at the same time making it abundantly clear that, even as a bodiless voice, ''he's'' [[TheWonka calling the shots around the Labyrinth]]. He doesn't call himself "The All-Seeing Eye In The Sky" for nothing.** [[CoolOldLady Dame Julia]] of the Templars phones you apropos of nothing, and [[TechnologicallyBlindElders spends the first few seconds trying to figure out which button she should press next]] and [[GrumpyOldMan grumbling loudly]] about being given a smartphone by the tech division ("I don't need smart, I need functional!"), before informing you that you're in line for a promotion - but you'll have to do a little something extra if you want to earn it. She then asks you to return to London at your earliest convenience... your earliest convenience being ''right now.''** [[FortuneTeller Madame Roget]] kicks off "The Raven" by waving her hands over her crystal ball and speaking of things to come in a blatantly fake Romany accent, giving every impression of being being a bog-standard PhonyPsychic... only for her to drop the accent and refuse all offers of readings for money. ''Then'' she admits to suffering nightmares - nightmares that just so happen to come true, and the course of the mission proves that she isn't lying.''** Ellis Hill immediately proves himself more than just an ordinary small-town mechanic by drawing a gun on you and demanding - in a strangely ''official'' way - that you identify yourself. Once he calms down, he offers a handshake; naturally, [[HandshakeRefusal you're a little hesitant to return it]], but Ellis actually approves, noting that handshakes can "give away a lot of a person's soul." And every word he says gives the subtle impression that there's something ''off'' about Ellis...** "The Breakfast Cult" serves as this to the surviving members of [[WizardingSchool Innsmouth Academy]]: Headmaster [[CloudCuckooLander Hayden Montag]] scarcely seems bothered by the mass-slaughter of all other faculty members or the monsters currently besieging his office, blithely observing that accidents like this are hardly out of the ordinary at Innsmouth ("You cannot vivisect a ghoul without breaking a few legs!") and assuring you that a full investigation will follow as soon as new staff have been hired and their [[BreadEggsMilkSquick predecessors' corpses have been dissolved with acid]]. Meanwhile, [[HotWitch Ms Annabel Usher]] does her best to [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder keep Montag from drifting too far off track]] or from revealing anything ''too'' unpleasant, all the while [[TeamMom keeping an concerned eye on Carter]]. Carter herself spends most of the mission intro sitting at the computer, extensively bloodstained and quite clearly shell-shocked - and the two remaining staff members seem to be [[MacGuffinSuperPerson doing their best to keep her out of danger]]...** On seeing you approaching, Marianne Chen tries to discourage you from getting any closer by bombarding you with regulations and official-sounding declarations... only to collapse into nervous stuttering and give up on the facade once it becomes clear that you're not buying it. She then admits that she's the only surviving member of the CDC investigators, having seen the rest of her team succumb to the Filth over the last few days, leaving her alone in the camp, too scared to leave and too scared to take off her hazmat suit.-->[[TheWoobie Frankly, if it didn't violate protocol, I could really use a hug]].-->